Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics Cookbook: Delicious Dishes with Simple Ingredients

Amazon Customer: I purchased the cookbook after watching Ina prepare delicious meals on TV. The recipes do not disappoint.

United States on Aug 26, 2023

C Linam: I wanted to recreate the recipes from her show. Love it!

United States on Apr 06, 2023

June Riley: Recipes are easy to follow and are very tasty!

United States on Mar 17, 2023

River Watcher: Who doesn’t love Ina.

United States on Mar 17, 2023

Luceroortiz: Recetas muy buenas

Mexico on Aug 13, 2022

Te Mae: Adoro acompanhar as receitas da Ina Garten na TV e acompanho o blog de culinária. Ver as mesmas receitas e poder revisá-las no livro é sempre ótimo. As receitas são uma trilha e não um trilho e as idéias para simplificar as pequenas reuniões com amigos e comida em casa são muito boas e aplicáveis.

Brazil on Oct 01, 2017

Barbara A Hart: I saw Anna & Christina use this book on their show, Anna & Christina's Grocery Bag. I bought it on their recommendation and I really like it. It is a good size, the pictures are helpful, and the recipes make good-tasting food. What I like best is that it inspired me to try new flavours in foods I already like. I used the marinade for herb-marinated loin of pork for braised shoulder chops and they were delicious. I tried the seasonings in roasted butternut squash soup for a soup made with leftover squash. It was very tasty. I used haddock in the easy sole meuniere recipe and liked it a lot.
So, I suppose the best part is the inspiration for everyday meals made better with minimum effort. I had lost my passion in the kitchen and this book rekindled it.

Canada on Aug 24, 2015

novo: a well-curated cookbook with lots of basic, easy to follow recipe ideas. quick shipping, no issues with the product itself whatsoever

France on Jun 02, 2014

Amazon Customer: I have all of Ina's books and use a lot of recipes from each of them, but this one in particular is my most used of all. As with all of Ina's recipes the instructions are clear and easy to follow and always turn out perfectly and are incredibly delicious. The photographs are stunning and I always prefer cookbooks where there is an accompanying photograph of the dish with the recipe which Ina's books always have. I also really like the extra information included in this book such as easy tips for a dinner party, setting a beautiful table etc.

Recipes in regular rotation for me are:
Tomato and Goats Cheese Tarts
Tuscan Lemon Chicken
Spring Green Risotto
Honey Vanilla Pound Cake

There is only the 2 of us and I find that the recipes halve very well too as Ina does seem to make a lot!

United Kingdom on Jan 19, 2014

LisaM21: As soon as I started reading Ina's introduction, I was hooked. I almost like her cookbooks more for her narration than the recipes! Not to say the recipes aren't excellent--most of them are.

Not everything in the book is to my taste, and that's fine. She has a few "exotic to some" ingredients but I'm not buying Ina's cookbook looking for "5 minutes or less recipes". Personally, I love food, I love to cook, and I love shopping for ingredients. I don't want to make a recipe that calls for imitation crabmeat or a packet of ranch seasoning. That's not Ina's style. Not that there's anything wrong with such time & money savers, but if that's what you're looking for in terms of "Basics" this is not the book for you. Also, her ingredients are very New England (as evidenced by all the lobster sometimes) but that's where she lives. She's cooking what she knows. No one can fault her for that.

Her recipes are tried and true favorites with a twist, like beef stew and pork tenderloin, roasted sweet potatoes and confetti corn. Each recipe, however, has a slight twist to make you WANT to make it. And there are a few new recipes in there too, that make me want to expand my...

United States on Jan 03, 2009